Well, err, yea I broke my back last year eh.
On the 2nd of Nov last year I was riding my 1997 CR125R down on the beach at Oakura and at about Ahu Ahu Road I hit a bloody big rock at full speed causing multiple injuries, including severing my spinal cord in resulting in me becoming a paraplegic and needing to remain in a wheelchair for the rest of my life. I was bloody lucky as my cheap HJC skidlid did an awesome job and would appear to at some stage have hit the ground that hard that it popped in and out much like a plastic drink bottle. Once I had stopped moving at the accident site I knew straight away that I had broke my back and was not in very good shape. I did not know how bad a shape I was in until I came too in ChCh ICU many weeks later. At the site of the accident I would like to thank the couple who called for the ambulance, listened to me and what I said needed to/not to happen, as I am a RN and have a good first aid knowledge base and the chopper medic who made me comfortable and everything became blank after taking off in the chopper from the crash site. I'd like to thank the dude on the Kawasaki KX who took my bike back to his place, as I had no idea how or what was going to happen to it. I'd like to thank all the naki KBers/non naki KBers who offerred their support/money/help/time etc etc. Special thanks to:
SPEEDYGIRL
NADROJ
COASTER
DEVIANT ESQ and all the people who came in, sent cards, rung on the phone, replied to threads and started threads. Like I said I'm bloody lucky as I should really be dead and being a paraplegic is not a hard pill to swallow as:
1. I'm alive.
2. I have no brain injury, yes I was all ways this way...
3. I'm only a paraplegic, I should have come off alot worse!
After alot of reflective thoughts I believe that I'm now a better person. Yea, its a hard pill to swallow knowing that I can no longer ride the two wheeled toys that I cherished. However in time I plan on buying/getting fabricated a three wheeled toy and getting back on the road. Without the support/money/help/time etc etc of you all I do not think I would have pulled through, likewise all the support/money/help/time etc etc from my whanau/friends/workmates/significant other etc etc. It was a hard road to travel and it was not often easy. However as on the "Long Way Round", the road of bones has been travelled and I'm back on the nice sealed roads of Aoteroa and can see the way ahead nicely. I know what I have been through and alot of it I cannot/will not talk about very much. However there is an awefull lot that I'm more than happy to discuss. Should any riders, KBers or not have a hard road to travel and think that my support/money/help/time etc etc would be helpfull, please ask. For now I'm getting ready to return to the naki this sat in a 4 wheeled beast. I will be covering it with a few/maybe more stickers/decals/whatever to remind me that I'd much rather be on 2 wheels, however that is sadly not longer possible. If you see me wave/nod/bird/fingers/talk/ask for help or advice/tell me to STFU or just ignore me. For I am inlinefour the KBer and I love motorcycles as much as Ewan McGreogor, however I have fallen and will not be riding my toys again.
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Originally Posted by ManDownUnder
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